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| Jobless New Member 3 Posts 3/09 |  Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 8:24PMThere's this new product from Western Digital called WD TV selling for $100 on Amazon.com. You hook it up to your TV with HDMI cable or 3 RCA jacks and then attach up to two external hard drives with USB II wires. With the remote control you can watch your backed up movie collection, pictures, or what without having to burn individual DVD blanks for each movie. Has anybody tried this product. Am curous if it's big as it sounds. LMK. [ invalid url ] Edited by - BigBobxxx on Mar 17 2009 [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 9:33PM It's a great product! [Link] |
Bill  All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 10:23PM Did you ever try that USB hub with the WD TV? [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 1:01AM Does the unit have an internal fan, or other noise-generating components? Regarding the "HDMI" and "optical" outputs - are these the current state of the art ways to connect devices? (I haven't been keeping up with the newer technology since my old TV and sound system refuse to die.) And are HDMI and/or optical on the verge of being superseded by some even newer technology, or are they going to be the standard for at least a few more years? [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 11:21AM It's very small; about the size of four decks of cards (two piles of two decks side-by-side). [Link] |
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| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 11:25AM I've had this for about a week now. It will transform your enjoyment of porn archived on external drives. Specifically, it plays individual files -- .vob included (which is how I archive my porn onto hard drives). I don't like to watch porn sitting at a computer. I much prefer to watch my porn on TV sitting in my favorite chair. This device allows you to plug-n-play a USB source (up to two at a time) into the device, which you then plug into your TV. I'm using composite (red-white-yellow), and the picture quality is superb. Literally, your entire porn collection (well, two drives at a time) is now watchable via a remote without getting up out of your chair! I'm going to try using an USB hub I have to see if you can connect multiple drives at the same time (i.e. more than the two ports that are built into the device). I'm betting the hub will work. Did I mention that the device also reads and plays back photos, too! [ invalid url ]  This device turns your USB drive into an HD media player, allowing you to watch your favorite HD movies on your TV. Product Features: Compatible with My Passport portable hard drives and other USB storage devices; supported USB device file systems: FAT-32, NTFS, HFS+ (no journaling) Full HD 1080p video playback and navigation Dock-and-play convenience Provides access to 2 USB drives simultaneously HDMI and composite video interfaces for easy connection to a TV Ultracompact design for easy portability Includes My Passport hard drive stand, compact remote with batteries, composite A/V cable, AC adapter, media converter software and owner's manual [Link] |
| Zoid Senior Member Boobies and Anal 2004 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 12:45PM [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 4:41PM It will not play a DVD movie the way a player would (menus, chapters, navigation, etc.). What it will actually do is to play the .vob files found on the DVD (which make up the actual video). For my purposes, I do not save DVD movies to my hard drives, and, therefore, this is a non-issue for me. What I have done, in building my archives, is to create individual .vob files for every scene of every movie in my collection. While I'm at it, I also create a .vob "cumshot file" (my edit of the climax of the scene) for every scene. I also create other .vob files. For example: titles, end credits, menus, trailers, cumshot recaps, behind-the-scenes, etc. Basically, all the component parts of the DVD movie package as individual .vob files. After converting my VHS videos to DVD, I have done this for them as well :) Granted, I'm insane. HOWEVER, as one of the IAFD administrators, this permits me to reference anything and anyone I want/need to without searching through individual DVDs and VHS tapes. As the "1st backup," all scenes and cumshots are burned onto DVDs, and each DVD's contents is entered into a database so that I can find what DVD Archive contains the scene/item I'm looking for. Currently, I have about 600 DVDs of archived scenes and cumshot files. Titles, end credits, menus, trailers, cumshot recaps, behind-the-scenes, etc. are backed-up directly to hard-drives (without the "just in case" 1st backup onto DVDs). And, when it gets down to whacking... All scenes and cumshots are backed-up again to Western Digital 1TB hard-drives. Currently, these scenes and cumshots (not including the titles, end credits, menus, trailers, cumshot recaps, behind-the-scenes, etc. stuff) are broken down onto six 1TB hard-drives as follows: (1) A-B and W-Z scenes (2) C-I scenes (3) J-K scenes (4) L-Q scenes (5) R-V scenes (6) Cumshots (all) FYI, after amassing a huge collection of porn, I found that in order to break the scenes into five equal hard-drives, I wound-up with the alphabetical ranges as noted above. When I made the investment in the 1TB drives, I filled each one to about 40% of capacity (with all my existing files), thus leaving plenty of room to continue adding files for 2-3 years before adding more storage capacity (again). I also have two 320GB WD My Passport portable drives that I use for new material and favorites. These also travel with me, along with my laptop, so that I can whack when I'm away from home. I actually took just the WD Media Player and the two portable drives alone (talk about traveling light) to Walt Disney World with me, as I had noticed that the TVs in the Pop Century Resort had front panel inputs, just so I could whack-off in my room :) As I've previously said, I prefer to sit in my chair and watch my porn on TV -- not sitting at a computer desk. One of the most satisfying stroke events of my life, was when I hooked-up my "Cumshots" hard-drive (about 500GB of over 4000 cumshot clips) and was able to watch it all -- without changing and/or searching through a single DVD or tape! Now, the WD Media Player will allow you to watch your contents via folders. So, by default, you will watch a given folder (i.e. the folders as you've created them on the hard-drive) in alphabetical order. HOWEVER, you can have the media player select files by date as well. It will create individual folders for you by file creation dates. Not a handy way to find files. But, since you probably created all the files from any given movie at the same time (i.e. the same date), it's a neat work-a-round if you want to watch all the files from a given movie. You can also have it find files for you by typing in the name of a file (i.e. the girl's name). I did this once, and it finds all the girl's files on all the hard-drives you have connected to the device. The best use I have made of the media player is with my portable drives. Since these are not my archive drives, I can and do create folders on the drives to facilitate my whacking preferences. This thing is like personal compilation DVDs on steroids! You periodically add and re-arrange files/folders on the hard-drive when connected to your computer. Then, bring them back to the media player to view/stroke on your TV. I'm loving my WD Media Player  [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 5:20PM avi, mpg, mov, wmv, flv, mp3, mp4, ... ?? Does the "video converter software" run on the WD TV device, or does it run on your computer, and what exactly does it do? [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 5:33PM Plug a hard-drive into the media player (pictured above) and plug the media player into your TV's input jacks. That's it. The media player automatically installs a small folder (to help run its software) on a hard-drive when you connect it. You won't even be aware this happened unless you notice it when you connect your hard-drive back to a computer to add more files. Go to the link I gave above (with the picture) to read about the specs (i.e. formats). I play .vob and .mpg files without any problems. I don't know about MP4 files. [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 6:45PM Edit to add: The tweaktown.com link from OP gives the specs I was seeking. Edited by - ninja1 on 3/17/2009 8:10:54 PM [Link] |
| Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 11:58PM [Link] |
| Jobless New Member 3 Posts 3/09 | Posted - Mar 20 2009 : 2:20PM Must use a power strip to turn off my WDTV and both my external HD's as the latter gets hot after a while. I'd like Western Digital improve by making a big box with faster responses, bigger remote with subtitles button, exit button, erase button, and maybe a 2 TB internal HD with 3-4 USB 2.0 ports. They better get going otherwise Sony or Panasonic might jump on this bandwagon. Still for $100, this is a bargain. No more wasting time and money burning DVD's and storing them in shelfs everywhere. Now all my favorite movies are available in compact WD 1 and 2 TB external drives. It's about time. So how do I get the subtitles to show? [Link] |
| rome476 Member 69 Posts 10/08 | Posted - Apr 22 2009 : 8:14PM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Apr 22 2009 : 11:27PM [Link] |
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| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 2:42AM [Link] |
| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Apr 25 2009 : 12:49AM Instead of using an external disc, I just transfer copies of any files I want to watch onto a flash drive and plug that into the player's USB port. It makes for a very small footprint and a very easy way to play media files without your computer. [Link] |
| PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Apr 25 2009 : 9:29PM World Class Adult Reviews [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Apr 25 2009 : 9:39PM It does perk-up the responsiveness a bit. Also, I like the text (title, time & progress bar) remaining on the screen now when you FF, RW and pause. [Link] |
| NewRomancer Deactivated User under THEIR avatar 738 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 12:32AM [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 4:51AM [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 12:41PM Thanks guys for keeping these media player topics updated. Looks like the various manufacturers (WD, Seagate, and now Asus) are starting to get it right. [Link] |
| NewRomancer Deactivated User under THEIR avatar 738 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 2:29PM http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Network-ready-Player-WDBAAN0000NBK-NESN/dp/B002KKFP9Y/ref=pd_cp_e_1/187-3665315-6983415 [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 3:06PM [Link] |
| NewRomancer Deactivated User under THEIR avatar 738 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 4:09PM I'll be checking my local best buy soon [Link] |
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| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 5:34PM [Link] |
| skronker Notable Legendary Icon Scopophiliac 9780 Posts 9/02 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 7:53PM [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 8:28PM This would make it useless for those who don't have HDMI inputs on their TV sets (like me). The original model has both HDMI and composite (red-white-yellow) outputs. [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 8:51PM |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 9:44PM I bought an ASUS and the new Seagate Theater + (which Gizmodo raved about in a recent review) at the same time (both at Best Buy). I bought locally because I wanted to try them out side by side and return the ones I didn't like. The WDTV-L stays. It's a great device, ridiculously small, works well for the money. Thus far the only files I've not been able to get it to play are some old .ASF vids I downloaded eons ago. But all my MP4's, ISO's, MKV's etc...all play perfectly. It's not a perfect device but it is perfect for my needs in the 'dungeon.' [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 9:59PM (And when are these fucking companies going to get over the "HDMI cable not included" bullshit? It's pretty clear at this point that China Inc. will trade anyone a shipping container load of HDMI cables for a carton of cigarettes and the change in between your sofa cushions, so just stop with the pretense that these things are expensive and that you can't just throw one in every box along with the pair of off-brand AAA batteries.) Edited by - Harri Patel on 10/21/2009 9:59:38 PM [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 10:19PM The Asus just had a LOT of issues. The picture was very washed out, a lot of color bleed indicative of codec issues again, the UI was terrible, the speed was bad, I couldn't get it to hang onto a network signal. That and it choked on my 1080p Blue Ray rips streaming. It would lock up about once every 30 seconds or so. I did some research and discovered that most other users of the Asus box have similar complaints. Here's a guy who compares the Asus to the WDTV-L and I can confirm almost all the same issues he experienced. I personally think the WDTV-L is the best of the name-brand digital players out there right now. It will likely also enjoy a good modding community as it has a lot of onboard RAM to play with. I think the Seagate device will improve with a firmware revision or three but right now it was clearly in second place. I did find it could play a few more formats than could the WDTV-L (it played my ASF files) but it did so slowly and with a lot of stutter. [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 10:22PM If I got the Live version, I would use it to replace the DVR for viewing content from my PC. From what I can tell, the LG BD390 is DLNA certified and should have the same network capabilities as the WD TV Live. It also appears that it will play video files from a USB drive. However, it appears that it supports fewer codecs (probably not a big deal) and there are some limitations to file names and number of files permitted. I think that it's pretty safe to say, if you have an LG BD390 connected to the TV that you would be watching video files, getting a WD TV Live would be redundant. [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 10:27PM [Link] |
| skronker Notable Legendary Icon Scopophiliac 9780 Posts 9/02 | Posted - Oct 22 2009 : 12:43AM [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Oct 22 2009 : 1:45PM I'm interested in a media player that gets me out of the file conversion business. The networking/streaming stuff is not important to me. I'm OK with playing the video files from an external USB HDD of flash drive. Most of the reviews seem to be written by guys who are interested in the streaming and networking and HomeTheater applications and HiDef performance and other "high end" concerns. I just wanna watch porn vidfiles on a plain old TV. [Link] |
| Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Oct 22 2009 : 2:19PM [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Oct 22 2009 : 2:56PM [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Oct 22 2009 : 5:04PM I still preferred the WDTV-L over the Seagate, however. [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Oct 22 2009 : 8:32PM [Link] |
| Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Oct 22 2009 : 9:05PM [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Oct 22 2009 : 10:33PM [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Nov 5 2009 : 6:44PM Highly recommended reading before you go shopping. [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Nov 5 2009 : 10:56PM Kind of a cool link in one of the comments to that: Build a silent standalone xbmc media center on the cheap I was all fired up to get one of the WD TV units, but Fry's didn't have the new one. They did, however, have a good deal on an AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition with a Gigabyte motherboard, so I went for that instead, and have rebuilt my old HTPC. I set it up with an old hard drive I had laying around, and installed the latest Ubuntu, just to make sure that all the components work. So far, so good. As usual, Linux sort of almost works OK, but there's always something -- there's some kind of Flash issue which is preventing mouse clicks from registering on certain sites like Pandora.com, and my VLC Media Player has giant text on the menu bar which I can't figure out how to fix, and which persists despite several removals/reinstallations of the program. Eventually I'll probably end up shelling out for Windows 7 and a big new hard drive. [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Nov 5 2009 : 11:16PM Good article! Thanks for the link. BTW, Patriot is a big name in computer memory. RAM and flash drives. [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Nov 12 2009 : 1:04AM Do I need to convert these files to another format using the Arc Soft software before I can play them on the WD HD? [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Nov 12 2009 : 2:20AM |
| Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Nov 12 2009 : 9:13AM [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Nov 12 2009 : 12:52PM Apparently, according to the [ invalid url ] For reference, I have a lot of fetish material but really only have been watching Kink.COM stuff on a regular basis. Any of the files I've got from 2008 or 2009 seem to be encoded using Windows Media 9 codecs, so they play fine (look awesome too as they are Hi-Def files). But some of my older Kink.com stuff from 2006 and 2007 won't play on the WDTV-Live. Media Informer says that these are encoded in WMV1 (Windows Media 7) profile. I'll need to do a batch re-encoding job to get them to play. Edited by - lubenluv on 11/12/2009 3:43:42 PM [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Nov 12 2009 : 10:30PM I still have a problem. If I try to play one of these files, I just get a blank screen. I can back out of the screen to the menus. But I can't play any files (HD or SD) at all. After this happens, the only way to play an SD file is to pull the plug and reboot. I guess that I should have tested after downloading one or two files, rather than waiting until I had downloaded 300GB of HD files. [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Nov 12 2009 : 11:34PM My PC freezes when I try to start Arc Soft. So I've uninstalled that. I've tried using some of the re-encode software from the WD TV Wiki, but none of them will load the files either. Someone at the Brazzers forum mentioned using [ invalid url ] to fix these files. The problem is that it converts the file to a .asf file, which isn't compatible with WD HD. So I then have to convert it back to a .wmv file. ASFbin runs really fast. Right now, I'm using Windows Media Encoder to convert back to .wmv. It appears that this step is going to take about 50 minutes to convert a 30 minute file. Edited by - Bill on 11/13/2009 12:06:17 AM [Link] |
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